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And sweetened heat has long been a beloved flavor profile across cultures: Thai nam jim gai, sweet chili sauce; ancient Rome’s honey and black pepper wine; Central European gingersnaps; Nashville hot chicken.

This gourmet popcorn gift pack from Bremerton features four seasonal flavors: hot chocolate, sugar and spice, gingersnap and snowman crunch kettle corn.

And dessert was a banana split with fresh berries, gingersnap cookie crumble and doenjang caramel.

Pie deserves a seat at the winter dessert table, especially one with dough that is rolled out on gingersnap crumbs.

Not me—like Juanita I was big boned, darkly bronzed from being out in the sun every day, and homely as a gingersnap.